I travel quite a lot, and I’ve developed the habit of always texting myself my hotel room number so I don’t forget it (unfortunately, I really do stay in that many hotels). I recently l…| Hi. I'm Hilary Mason.
DeepMind’s WaveNet: A Generative Model for Raw Audio paper was one of the most interesting papers last year. It describes a new approach that dramatically increases the accuracy of generating…| Hi. I'm Hilary Mason.
I’m a fan of having lots of ideas, and that means you have to be open to the ones that, on the surface, are ridiculous. The best ideas often start as a bad idea. When you’re willing to …| Hi. I'm Hilary Mason.
This entry is part 18 of 18 in the series Creative InnovationPeople don’t like very new ideas. Experts are even worse. Thus, they often are the biggest obstacle to innovation and new ways of thinking. Experts And New Ideas Experts scrutinize new ideas especially if they exist in their fields. First, they ask, “Is this... Read More| Influencing and Problem Solving for Leaders and Others
People say “Comments should explain why, not what.” I feel like starting a flame war today so I’m going to argue that comments should explain ‘what’ too. Please don’t use this as justification to write bad code, okay? Okay. First of all, why shouldn’t comments explain ‘what’? If you need comments to explain what’s going on, it suggests your code is unclear. If I write //weight, radius, price w = 10, r = 9, p = 1 That’s not as clear as saying| Hillel Wayne